Avoid blind spots — South Dakota Permit Test
Avoid blind spots on the South Dakota permit test — 2 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Avoid driving on either side of and slightly to the rear of another vehicle, where you are in its blind spot; speed up or drop back.
Sitting off another car's rear corner, you vanish from its mirrors just as it changes lanes into you.
Either speed up or drop back so the other driver can see your vehicle more easily.
When passing another vehicle, get through the other driver's blind spot as quickly as possible.
The longer you hang beside another car, the longer that driver may move over without seeing you.
When passing another vehicle, get through the other driver’s blind spot as quickly as possible.
On the test
You are beside and slightly behind another car. What should you do?
Speed up or drop back. Sitting off another car's rear corner, you vanish from its mirrors just as it changes lanes into you. South Dakota Driver License Manual, p.56: “Either speed up or drop back so the other driver can see your vehicle more easily.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against South Dakota Driver License Manual, published by the South Dakota Department of Public Safety, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SD.pdf (South Dakota Driver License Manual, Revised 11/2024, South Dakota Department of Public Safety, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SD.pages.txt (pdftotext -layout, the fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SD-exam.html (South Dakota Department of Public Safety, South Dakota Driver License Testing Information, KB0043731, read 2026-10-04; states the 80% rate; sha256 pinned under examSource)
- https://www.sd.gov/dps?id=cs_kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0043733 (read 2026-10-04; links the manual)